BY ERICA STRETTON
THE GLASSMAKER by Tracy Chevalier (HarperCollins, $37.99)
"The Girl with a Pearl Earring author is back with a time-bending tale about a family of Venetian glassblowers.
Orsola Rosso was born into a world of glittering glass.
Renaissance Venice is at its dizzy heights in 1486 as the trade centre of Europe.
And on the island of Murano across the lagoon, artisan glassmakers such as Orsola’s family create in their workshops the glassware that Venice is famed for.
